Thanks Giving

[Nom De Plume]

In honor of Thanksgiving week, the nation's progressives have begun to give thanks that they have so much to be angry and offended about this year.

"Thank you, unspecified deity who may or may not exist, for giving us so much stuff to be outraged about," said Staci Walder, 42, of Portland, as she prepared her vegan, kale-wrapped turkey.

"I'm truly humbled that you've blessed me with the Trump presidency, the patriarchy, the laws of economics, and biological facts to rage against."

"Every year, it's important to pause and recognize how much we have to be angry about."

"A lot of people struggle with gratitude, but I'm deeply thankful that the universe has given us a veritable cornucopia of things to be mad about," agreed Mary Wallace, 27, of New York.

"I know that I come from a place of privilege, and when I think about those poor people who have absolutely nothing to be mad about, I utter a prayer of thanks to goddess."

Many progressives partake in an annual tradition of writing down all the things they're thankful to be mad about:
White people
Pronouns
Personal responsibility
Satire that does not affirm their viewpoint
Billionaires
Old tweets
32-ounce sodas
Plastic straws
People who hold a steady job
Appropriating other cultures
Excluding other cultures
Bush
Obama
Trump
Babies
Kanye West
America

If we'd all just remember to count our outrages, we'd have a much worse attitude all the time," Wallace said as she looked over her own list of offensive things that dare to exist.

"We should live our lives as though it's Outrage Thanksgiving every day."

[Nom De Plume]

Offensive is it not, that a quite beautiful tradition should be tainted with toxic wokeness.

[Black Orchid]

People argue that we don't need special holidays for celebration, but we really do. Most of us are too busy to set aside regular time to give thanks for what we have and for our loved ones as the years fly forward.

I think Thanksgiving is a lovely tradition and wish we had something similar here. We can't even celebrate Australia Day without triggering those who want to spoil and condemn it.

[Nom De Plume]

People argue that we don't need special holidays for celebration, but we really do. Most of us are too busy to set aside regular time to give thanks for what we have and for our loved ones as the years fly forward.

I think Thanksgiving is a lovely tradition and wish we had something similar here. We can't even celebrate Australia Day without triggering those who want to spoil and condemn it.

What would we celebrate and on what day?

[brian ross]

People argue that we don't need special holidays for celebration, but we really do. Most of us are too busy to set aside regular time to give thanks for what we have and for our loved ones as the years fly forward.

I think Thanksgiving is a lovely tradition and wish we had something similar here. We can't even celebrate Australia Day without triggering those who want to spoil and condemn it.

What would we celebrate and on what day?

I can hear the question, "what is this 'we'?"

We have enough problems surrounding "Australia Day"/Invasion Day. What we need is a day we can unite behind. I'd recommend returning "Australia Day"/Invasion Day to where it belongs - NSW settlement day and instead celebrating a real Australia Day on January 2nd. Australia as a nation was not created until January 1st, 1900. As January 1st is already a holiday we need to move it to January 2nd IMO. Only NSW was settled on 26 January. Leave the battles over that day to NSW. The rest of Australia should celebrate it's coming of age on the day it happened.

If you want another day to give "thanks giving" on, then choose one later in the year, around about November. Keep it simple, keep it clear we are giving thanks giving for our existence, nothing more.

[Nom De Plume]

People argue that we don't need special holidays for celebration, but we really do. Most of us are too busy to set aside regular time to give thanks for what we have and for our loved ones as the years fly forward.

I think Thanksgiving is a lovely tradition and wish we had something similar here. We can't even celebrate Australia Day without triggering those who want to spoil and condemn it.

What would we celebrate and on what day?

I can hear the question, "what is this 'we'?"

We have enough problems surrounding "Australia Day"/Invasion Day. What we need is a day we can unite behind. I'd recommend returning "Australia Day"/Invasion Day to where it belongs - NSW settlement day and instead celebrating a real Australia Day on January 2nd. Australia as a nation was not created until January 1st, 1900. As January 1st is already a holiday we need to move it to January 2nd IMO. Only NSW was settled on 26 January. Leave the battles over that day to NSW. The rest of Australia should celebrate it's coming of age on the day it happened.

If you want another day to give "thanks giving" on, then choose one later in the year, around about November. Keep it simple, keep it clear we are giving thanks giving for our existence, nothing more.

We could link it to remembrance day!

[Texan]

I think the beauty of Thanksgiving is that it hasn’t been commercialized. We aren’t expected to buy presents, give candy to strangers, wear silly costumes, or recognize one group of people over another. We prepare a feast and remember what we are thankful for and spend time with those we love.

[Redneck]

I think the beauty of Thanksgiving is that it hasn’t been commercialized. We aren’t expected to buy presents, give candy to strangers, wear silly costumes, or recognize one group of people over another. We prepare a feast and remember what we are thankful for and spend time with those we love.

Sounds great to me mate !

We need something similar,

Our main day is Australia Day, celebrated on 26 January which celebrates when the British landed in Australia to form a penal colony,

unfortunately some of the indigenous Australian Aboriginals and sympathiser greenies etc are now trying to now call it invasion day.

Arseholes IMO!

[brian ross]

"Australia Day"/Invasion Day was not celebrated Australia wide until 1988. Before that, it was celebrated on whatever day the individual states decided to designate it on. Even NSW which was settled on that day, didn't initially celebrate it on that day. It is a huge argument and as much as many want to push it one way or t'other, it will just further divide Australian society. Leave it to NSW as their settlement day - if they want it. Lets have a real day which really celebrates us as a nation.

If we are to have a thanksgiving day, we need a new day, one which can be celebrated by our entire society. Nom has suggested Rememberance Day but that might be seen as being disrespectful to the dead of WWI. I have no idea which day it should be. Any other suggestions (other than the 26 January)?